Holiday movies fill our hearts with joy. Between Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas, It's a Wonderful Lifetime (or Fa La La La Lifetime, if you prefer) and ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas, there are so many movies and so little time.
To help you, our friends, we have sacrificed by watching as many of these movies as possible and will give you our two cent review. Hopefully this will help you know what you do or do not want to watch.

December 09, 2012

Holly, blessed with an amazing singing voice, is all set to audition for
the newly vacated spot in a legendary local Christmas group which was
founded by her late mother years ago. Shocked and upset when the slot
goes to the barely talented best friend of the group's leader, Marci,
Holly sets out to create her own musical group, The Mistle-Tones. After
challenging their rivals to a sing-off on Christmas Eve, Holly finds
herself on a journey to the real meaning of Christmas with some new
friends and a new love thrown in for good measure.

Our Two Cents:

Ok. How do I say this... I loved it! This movie totally embraces that it's both a cheesy Christmas movie AND a musical, and it holds nothing back. The music does not disappoint and yes the soundtrack IS available on iTunes. Check it out and enjoy!

After pulling off a risky but fabulous party, party-planner Evelyn Wright (Haylie Duff) celebrates at her best friend's New York City bar and club. A friendly conversation with a handsome stranger (Chris Carmack) leads her down a path that will change her life.

As a reward for her job well done, she is awarded a big last minute client--none other than last night's handsome stranger. Unfortunately this new client's party is scheduled for Christmas Eve in Los Angeles, meaning Eve will have to cancel her holiday plans with her boyfriend Darren (Stephen Colletti).

The morning of her trip, Eve misses her alarm and has to rush to LaGuardia Airport in order to make her flight. The movie splits showing two story lines, one where Eve makes her flight to Los Angeles, and the other where she misses it.

As her two stories go into very different directions, will we find that if some thing is meant to be, it will find a way to be?

Our Two Cents:

There are many movies that while watching them, Marisa and I feel like if the writers had just consulted us, the movie could have been really good, rather than just ok. This is one of those movies. A holiday version of Sliding Doors? So much potential! This movie didn't quite live up to it, but you know we'll watch it every year anyway!

Mark Nagle is the proprietor of a small town's local
coffee shop but his number one priority is his six-year-old niece,
Holly, whose mother has passed away, leaving him as her caregiver. When Mark returns to his hometown with Holly, his oldest brother allows them to stay along with their youngest brother. Holly hasn’t spoken a word since her
mother died, and the three men try relentlessly to get her to speak. His brothers start to worry Mark may be in over his head as Holly's guardian.

Maggie Conway’s had it with big-city living, especially after her
husband-to-be leaves her at the altar. She opens a toy store in Mark's town dedicated to expanding
kids’ imaginations and it's enchantment goes to work on Holly. And just maybe Mark is a little enchanted as well!

Our Two Cents:

This one started out looking like just an another TV Christmas movie. But the magic in this movie starts to unveil itself. Mark and his brothers have a great dynamic together. Add cute little Holly and you have holiday magic.

December 08, 2012

Jack (Andrew McCarthy) is an executive in a financial brokerage firm
trying to impress the firm’s president, Drew Clayton (Chris Gillett), in
hopes of a promotion. However, Jack is dating the fabulously rich and
elegant Demi Clayton (Stephanie Mills), who happens to be Drew’s
daughter. Although Demi’s mother Clarisse (Jane Moffat) doesn’t
necessarily approve of Jack and would prefer her daughter to date a man
within their social circle, Jack still plans on proposing. Trying to
create the perfect proposal, Jack signs up for dance lessons in
preparation for his proposal to Demi at her father’s lavish annual
Christmas Dance. But when sparks start to fly between Jack and his dance
instructor, Christine (Michelle Nolden), Jack will have to make some
important decisions before it is too late.

December 02, 2012

After being fired from her high-powered job, Rebecca heads back home to
see her mom, Shirley, and attend her friends small-town wedding on
Christmas Eve. Initially convinced that the trip is a terrible mistake,
especially her botched romantic conversation with former beau, Chad,
Rebecca soon learns that, indeed, you can go home again, and, again--until you get it right.

Our Two Cents:

Yikes. I mean, I can appreciate a good guilty pleasure like the next girl, but this movie was a chore to get through. The main character's transformation was erratic and made little sense. In fact, the whole plot was erratic and made little sense.

December 01, 2012

After Jessie Patterson (Arielle Kebbel) calls off her third engagement (at the altar!) she swears off serious relationships. That is, until charming but chronically single Aiden
MacTiernan (Andrew Walker) comes along. Unbeknownst to Jessie, Aiden has
bet his friends that he can convince a woman to marry him by Christmas (which is only four weeks away) and Jessie is the assigned target of his bet. As
Aiden attempts to court Jessie by first hiring her to decorate his
apartment, Jessie looks to her sister, roommate and interior design
company partner, Vivian (Kimberly Sustad) as her closest confidant. To
complicate matters, Jessie is doggedly pursued by her most recent
ex-fiancé, Mike (Sage Brocklebank), who still wants to marry her. When
Aiden finds himself falling for Jessie too, will he call off the bet and
truly pursue her?

Our Two Cents:

Runaway Bride meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days meets Christmas. The movie is way cute. The boy is way cute. Isn't that enough?